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We’ve slept in the camper through a few mild rainstorms over the past few months, but nothing quite like last night. We were in Mountain Home, Arkansas visiting Jay’s business partner again. All day, the sky was overcast and a little rain misted here and there, but that happens. The dark clouds out on the…

We started this blog like most people probably do when they start a blog – just to write about our experiences. Or something along those lines. Over the past few months since we bought Serenity, our Jayco travel trailer, we’ve been through and camped in the following states: Arkansas, Kansas, Colorado, and Texas. We went…

This past weekend, I went camping without Jay for the first time since we bought the camper. I’ve driven it plenty, but this was the first time for me to really take her out without solid backup. The kids and I loaded up and headed down to Paul B Johnson State Park, just outside of…

We decided to visit Jay’s business partner Chris to “break in” our new purchase. She’d been down to Gloster, Mississippi, but it was time to branch out a little further. This past Friday, we packed light and headed up to Mountain Home, Arkansas. There was more of an adjustment than I expected, especially when it…

I wasn’t sure how to feel as we drove our new camper off the lot. This had been a dream for so long, and I’d been researching and anticipating this for weeks. Driving home with her, I felt…exhausted. We drove straight to my Jay’s parents’ home to park her. They live about 2 hours away,…